It's A Wonderful Red Green Christmas


 * This article is about the episode. For the  episode, see A Very Merry Red Green Christmas.

Red and the gang celebrate Christmas as only they know how.

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DVD: The Red Green Show – 1998 Season

Watch the episode on YouTube (shorter version only)

Segment Summary
See also: Transcript

Plot: Red, Harold and the rest of the Possum Lodge gang do various Christmas-related things as only they can.

Opening Scene: Red tries to walk along outside the Lodge, holding huge armfuls of various Christmas lawn ornaments. But he trips and falls down. All the various lawn ornaments fall down on him.

The Possum Lodge Word Game: Mike tries to guess the word "giving" to win an all-expenses-paid trip to France.

If It Ain't Broke, You're Not Trying: Hap brings in a bunch of Christmas lights for Red to fix because a rat had chewed off the plug. Hap insists that the lights be fixed because he had invented them, as a way of saving his platoon from when he was in the army.

Harold's Christmas Countdown: Harold makes a red-and-green-colored arts-and-crafts Christmas calendar chain.

Arnie's Christmas Song: Arnie sings "I Love Christmas", playing it on his guitar, with Red and Harold joining in.

The Experts: Mike and Dalton give their views on whether or not Santa Claus exists.

Red's Christmas Countdown: In response to Harold's Christmas chain, Red makes a Christmas calendar chain, using a real chain.

Red's Poetry: Red and Harold read their own version of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas".

Handyman Corner: Red makes a one-horse open sleigh out of a K-car.

Red's Sage Advice: How to explain the existence of Santa Claus.

If It Ain't Broke, You're Not Trying: Edgar brings in a snow cannon for Red to fix. After fixing it, Edgar helps Red put tinsel on a Christmas tree. He does so by using tinfoil as the tinsel and firing it at the tree from the newly-fixed cannon.

The Experts: Dalton explains how to celebrate Christmas without becoming too commercial about it.

Adventures With Bill: Bill and Red go into the woods to cut down a Christmas tree.

If It Ain't Broke, You're Not Trying: Dalton brings in some Christmas lights for Red to fix.

Red's Handyman Tips: Red shows how to put up a nativity scene using electronics.

Closing Scene: Red and Harold exchange gifts.

Trivia

 * This is the first hour-long Red Green special that is not a clip show.
 * This is the very first Red Green Christmas special.
 * On the 1998 Season DVD, this episode was severely edited (this is the version seen in the link to YouTube). The only segments that were featured were:
 * The Possum Lodge Word Game
 * If It Ain't Broke, You're Not Trying (with Hap)
 * Arnie's song
 * Handyman Corner
 * Red's Sage Advice
 * Harold's and then Red's Christmas Countdown segments
 * Adventures With Bill
 * If It Ain't Broke, You're Not Trying (with Edgar)
 * This episode marks the first one since The Schoolhouse Project where two Lodge members instead of one (in this case, Mike and Dalton) join Red and Harold in a "The Experts" segment.

Inside References

 * In Bill's scene, he pulls out two axes out of his pants.

Real-World References

 * The title of this episode is likely based on the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, whose story takes place during the Christmas season.
 * The Ghost of Christmas Past (which is what Red claims his parents call Harold) refers to a character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Fast Forward

 * Three more Christmas specials; nameley A Very Merry Red Green Christmas, A Lot Like Christmas and The Butter Man; would be released in 2000, 2002 and 2004 respectively. Plus, another Christmas-themed episode, Xmas In July, would air in 2001.
 * Harold and Red would once again discuss the true existence of Santa Claus in a The Experts segment in A Lot Like Christmas, this time with Hap.